AT&T’s 3G MicroCell begins national roll out in April

Finally, AT&T is almost ready to start selling its 3G MicroCell, which provides the benefit of a small cell phone tower right in you home.

AT&T said the MicroCell, which has been in limited trials, will go on sale in mid-April in certain markets with more cities coming on board in the months to follow.

Users who buy the $149.99 device will just hook it up to their home wireless router and will get crystal clear 3G coverage — both voice and data — in their homes. Users will talk or access data on their phones and the traffic will get routed through their existing wired broadband connection, instead of having to find the nearest cell phone tower.

This could be very helpful in the hilly Bay Area where AT&T coverage can be spotty in some areas.

Customers will be able to provision up to 10 AT&T phones that can use the MicroCell, with only four devices able to access it any one time. You’ll still be burning up minutes on your account if you’re calling during regular non-night and weekend periods.

A separate $19.99 a month unlimited companion rate plan option is available for users who want to make unlimited calls through the MicroCell. This will be good for individual and Family Talk subscribers.

If you sign up for this plan, you can get a $100 rebate off the purchase of a MicroCell. You can also get a $50 rebate off a MicroCell if you sign up for a new DSL or U-verse broadband connection or 1.5 megabits per second or higher.

So what do you think AT&T subscribers? Is this something you could use?